Se7en

Synopsis

Seven deadly sins. Seven ways to die.

Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. Sommerset researches each sin in an effort to get inside the killer's mind, while his novice partner, Mills, scoffs at his efforts to unravel the case.

“Anyone who spends a significant amount of time with me finds me disagreeable.”

Gluttony

He has taken on too much. Det. David Mills (Brad Pitt), deliberately uprooting his wife, Tracy (Gwyneth Paltrow), from upstate and dragging her to this lurid hellhole, all out of a naïve desire to save the world. So much ambition, he nearly chokes on it. So much chatter, he sucks all the air from the room.

Det. William Somerset (Morgan Freeman) long ago saw his passion wither. He is one week from retirement, too exhausted to keep pace with the horrible goings-on around him. Like his spiritual descendant, Sheriff Ed Tom Bell (Tommy Lee Jones) in No Country for Old Men, he sees…

Se7en isn't just another 1990s movie I saw as a teenager, loved and revisted recently...I think it really stands out in a rather lackluster decade of film.

I will never forget my initial reaction to the movie, the dread I felt from each murder to the next and the ending just grabbing my heart and pulling it down into my stomach. After numerous watches in the 90s and early 2000s I had decided it was time for a much needed break. For the past few months I had been on Richard's case, telling him I was in the mood to watch Se7en, I am not even really sure what inspired it but I guess it was just time. With that…

Blazingly original, darkly disturbing, downright shocking, extremely grim, relentlessly brutal, insanely powerful & emotionally devastating, David Fincher's breakthrough feature is an intensely haunting masterpiece which today is widely & rightly counted amongst the greatest thrillers ever made, and is also notable for marking the commencement of an impressive directional career that continues to get stronger with every new film.

Taking place over the course of a week, the story of Se7en concerns two homicide detectives; the soon-to-retire William Somerset & the newly transferred David Mills, who become deeply involved in the recent case of appalling crimes relating to the seven deadly sins and desperately try to hunt down the sadistic serial killer before his mission is accomplished. The plot also covers the detectives'…

I have been thinking long and hard about it and the only flaw I can find in this film is the way the title is written. It makes no sense and is annoying.

The rest? Sheer perfection.

It is always difficult to determine when you are 'allowed' to call a film a classic or a masterpiece. To avoid that discussion let's use a term I think we can all agree on. Masterclass.

Each and every aspect of this film is executed with such a degree of perfection and dedication that it is nigh impossible to call it anything else. This is filmmaking at the highest level, a level that has not been equalled or surpassed often in the genre.

A great film with in my opinion a career best performance from Morgan Freeman. The final 20 minutes are just incredible with Kevin Spacey revelling in playing the serial killer John Doe. An all time classic.

"The world is a fine place and worth fighting for. I agree with the second part."

It's strange, given how brutal and disgusting it is, but I find Se7en surprisingly...uplifting. Or at least grounding in a way that I need sometimes. I think I need its darkness, because there's something naggingly hollow about movies that pretend things are better than they are, as superficially pleasing (and occasionally necessary, in an escapist sort of way) as they can be. There's something comforting about a movie that feels like it "gets it" — despite the over-the-top, gruesome, detective thriller pulp. It's on the level emotionally, which is what it needs to be. There's a certain catharsis in a movie that doesn't fight…

This film is hands down my favorite film, and one of the best made films of all time. The completely bone chilling performance of Kevin Spacey takes this movie from a 4 to a 5. This is Spacey's best performance in a movie with so many creepy twists and turns it will no doubt leave you with your jaw dropped. Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman's on screen chemistry is on full display as they take on this thought provoking case that ultimately leads to one of the best monologues in film history (Kevin Spacey's in the car driving to the place where they receive the box). Incredible movie.

David Mills: Wait, I thought all you did was kill innocent people. John Doe: Innocent? Is that supposed to be funny? An obese man... a disgusting man who could barely stand up; a man who if you saw him on the street, you'd point him out to your friends so that they could join you in mocking him; a man, who if you saw him while you were eating, you wouldn't be able to finish your meal. After him, I picked the lawyer and I know you both must have been secretly thanking me for that one. This is a man who dedicated his life to making money by lying with every breath that he could muster to keeping murderers…

Fincher's cinematography withstands age and the set designers clearly had a lot of fun. But the concept is too half-heartedly realized and tries to lampshade this with the thinnest veil of mystery--a mystery, which, in fact, is just deliberately abstruse nonsense. Instead of leaning forward in suspense, I find myself leaning back and imagining the many ways what is ultimately a stupidly simple gimmick could have been more cohesive and iconic.

Why is "gluttony" committed through gluttony, "pride" through pride, and "sloth" through sloth, but "greed" is committed through...not greed?

Why are razors the theme for "lust" when hot irons seem more appropriate and better differentiated from all the cutting that goes on in…

Seven days in a week, seven murders, seven deadly sins: gluttony, greed, lust, sloth, wrath, pride and envy. David Fincher beautifully masters the art of the episodic crime thriller in one of his first major motion pictures. This film is so unpredictable, unnerving and suspenseful, it will have viewers on the edge of their seats until the very end. Se7en features a star studded cast with the likes of Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow and Kevin Spacey but it is not just their dedicated performances that make this film exceptional. The score, the cinematography, the action scenes, the set design all make this film the riveting thriller it is. Brad Pitt in that ending scene though, ...phew!

Crime film/drama masterclass. one of fincher's bests piece. Even one of the best script ever written in histry. every filmmaker should watch and learn. The cast is beyong amazing. Pitt, Freeman, Paltrow and Kevin Spacey. Every single actor is convincing. especially Pitt and Freeman. They gave out a extraordinary performance.